Harbortown
by Josh Ritter
Chords:
E C#m4 F#sus2 Asus4
E--0----0-------0-------0---------------------------------------------
B--0----0-------0-------0---------------------------------------------
G--1----2-------2-------2---------------------------------------------
D--2----4-------4-------2---------------------------------------------
A--2----4-------x-------0--------------------------------------------
E--0------------2--------------------------------------------------------
See notes below!
To play along with Josh: --> capo 1 <--
E C#m4
Brings me back to Harbortown
F#sus2 Asus4
Where me and my true love once lay
E C#m4
We watched the lights go up and sun go down
F#sus2 Asus4
We let the moon rise where it may
E C#m4
There I stood, the river flowed
F#sus2 Asus4
There she stood my black-haired Jill
E C#m4
The wind addressed her tresses black
F#sus2 Asus4
The long love letters to the hills
E C#m4
Light a light, lightly
F#sus2 Asus4
How the shoreline meets the sea
E C#m4
Light a light, lightly
F#sus2 Asus4
How the closing meets the day
E C#m4
I'm a poor boy, the night is cold
F# Asus4
The meager treasure though it be
E C#m4
And I would turn my restless youth to gold
F# Asus4
That I might spend it all on thee
E C#m4
Which brings me back to Harbortown
F#sus2 Asus4
Where me and my true love once lay
E C#m4
We watched the lights go up and the sun go down
F#sus2 Asus4
We let the moon rise where it may
E C#m4
Light a light, lightly
F#sus2 Asus4
How the shoreline meets sea
E C#m4
Light a light, lightly
F#sus2 Asus4
How the closing meets the day
E - C#m4 - F#sus2 - Asus4 x2
Notes:
Yes, I know that's actually C#m7+11 or somesuch nonsense.
Also, it's F#sus2+9, I think.
I think Josh is likely in an alternate tuning, open E perhaps.
This is a try at playing it in standard/Spanish tuning.
The opening picking really sounds like:
(again, capoed 1)
E----------------
B---------0------
G-------2--------
D-----6-----6----
A----------------
E-0--------------
which also suggests an alternate tuning
an acceptable alternative:
(again, capoed 1)
E----------------
B-------0--------
G-----2----------
D---2-----------
A----------------
E-0--------------
basically substituting with an Esus4
picking scheme:
E C#4 F#sus2
p p i p m p i p p i p m p i p p i p m p i
E-------------------------------------------------------------
B----------0-------------------0-------------------0----------
G------1-------1-----------2-------2-----------2-------2------
D----2-------2----x2-----4-------4----x2-----4-------4---x2---
A----------------------4-----4--------------------------------
E--0-----0---------------------------------2-----2------------
Asus4
p p i p m p i p p i p m p a p m p i p m
E-----------------------------0----------------
B----------0--------------0-------0-------0----
G------2-------2------2---------------2--------
D----2-------2------2-------2-------2----------
A--0-----0--------0-----0-------0-------0------
E----------------------------------------------
If the F#sus2 is a stretch, replace it with an Asus4 with a F# bass note.
